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My herman tortoise just died. He came out of hibernation about 3 weeks ago and hasn't eaten for the past week. Yesterday I found maggots around and inside his tail, took them out and took him to the vet who said he probably has internal infection and kidney failure. Gave him a antibiotic shot...

Thank you! .. I haven't met anyone that feed their tortoise weeds actually, so this is very new. Some also told me they eat potato peels! Anyways, I will be looking out for the weeds that have been suggested to me and this week will try those instead of lettuce... I hope it doesn't take long to...

Thank you for your suggestions. I tried to soak him but it didn't help. I'm not sure about how frequent they poop actually.

Thank you, what best seasonal weeds can I offer him? I live in the Mediterranean so I think he is quite at home. Is clover leaves nutritious? We have plenty of it in our countryside. His former owner told me they fed him carrot leaves and chicken food but the former is hard to find and the...

Hi, Can anyone help me please, I'm new to tortoise care. I have a hermann's tortoise, been with us for the past two months but been told he has about 6 years. I've been offering him different kinds of plants and veg but he was only eating lettuce. Someone told me that this is probably due to...

Diego as in 'Go Diego Go' the kids' tv series :)

I've been told it's a he because females were hard to find when they got him..and well lately my son was playing with him and I noticed something out at his rear hind lol... definitely not poo! My little guy named him Diego... I did think he had pyramiding, I will look further into it. Thank you.

Thank you all for your input...Perhaps I should try the Purina chicken food then as a treat. He has got a lot of shaded places here, his favourite spot is under a shallow bench with plants hanging over it. I am preparing a wooden pen (treated with beeswax) also to grow some edible plants in it...

I've been told he's about 12 years old

We just got a Hermann's, was given to us by some folks who had to move out of country. They didn't tell us much about the diet, but they said they gave him lettuce, carrot leaves, banana and also dried chicken food... I have omitted the chicken food as I have read that processed food is not very...